Network

Seismic Network MN Mediterranean Very Broadband Seismographic Network

Start Date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00
End Date:
Data Restriction: open
Number of Stations: 36
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.13127/SD/fBBBtDtd6q
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Size: approx. 1.1 GB/day of new data;
approx. 25 active seismic broadband stations;
35 distinct seismic broadband stations
(*) level station

Bibliographic citation:

MedNet Project Partner Institutions. (1990). Mediterranean Very Broadband Seismographic Network (MedNet) [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/SD/FBBBTDTD6Q
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IsDocumentedBy JournalArticle DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-6815-7_9
IsDocumentedBy JournalArticle DOI 10.1785/0220190195
The Mediterranean Very Broadband Seismographic Network (MedNet) constitutes a backbone network of highest quality broadband stations in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean region is characterised by a very complex tectonic environment and by high seismicity due to the over-all convergence of two major plates. Therefore, and to ensure regional coverage at a time where availability of seismic broadband instruments was still scarce, the MedNet project established this network primarily as a scientific research infrastructure of high-quality, state-of-the-art seismographic instrumentation at (particularly) seismically quiet and thermally stable sites. Initially, such remote sites and related logistical constraints implied, that data were recorded on local storage media at these stations and became available only after recovery and physical shipment. Later, several technological upgrades established real-time data connectivity and made these stations available for seismic monitoring purposes in Italy and other the Euro-Mediterranean countries. The MedNet project, which operates and maintained the network, is led by the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV), but receives significant contributions from many cooperating geophysical institutes from the countries involved. All stations transmit sensor data in real time to the INGV datacentre in Rome. Data is distributed through the Orfeus European Integrated Data Archive (EIDA) federation and International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN) standard protocols under an open definition compliant license.
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti (ONT) https://www.grid.ac/institutes/grid.410348.a DataManager
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) https://ror.org/00qps9a02 DataCollector
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) https://ror.org/012set728 DataCollector
Seismological Institute of Serbia DataCollector
National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP) https://ror.org/005m99512 DataCollector
National Institute of Meteorology (INM) https://ror.org/03m6sha91 DataCollector
National Observatory of Athens (NOA) https://ror.org/03dtebk39 DataCollector
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) https://ror.org/01cb2rv04 DataCollector
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) https://ror.org/00675rp98 DataCollector
Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysique (CRAAG) https://ror.org/03q098e53 DataCollector
Institute of Geosciences (IGEO) https://www.grid.ac/institutes/grid.11477.34 DataCollector
University of Trieste (UniTS) https://ror.org/02n742c10 DataCollector
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) https://ror.org/04y4t7k95 DataCollector
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG) https://ror.org/00gywet31 DataCollector
Malta University https://ror.org/03a62bv60 DataCollector
Institute of Geophysics https://ror.org/02e8b2r87 DataCollector
Montenegro Seismological Observatory DataCollector
Republican Hydrometeorological Institute (RHMZRS) DataCollector
GEOFON Program https://ror.org/04z8jg394 DataCollector
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) https://ror.org/00qps9a02 RightsHolder

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Stations List

Code Name Start Date End Date
AIO Antillo, Italy 2000-01-01T00:00:00 2012-05-30T16:14:00
AQU L'Aquila, Italy 1988-08-01T00:00:00
ARPR Arapgir, Turkey 2014-01-23T00:00:00
BGY Beograd, Serbia 1991-03-26T00:00:00 2001-12-31T23:59:59
BLY Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009-05-21T08:00:00
BNI Bardonecchia, Italy 1988-04-30T00:00:00
BZS Buzias, Romania 2005-11-23T00:00:00
CEL Celeste, Italy 2003-10-29T00:00:00
CII Carovilli, Italy 1994-10-19T00:00:00 2006-06-23T12:00:22
CLTB Caltabellotta, Italy 2000-09-07T00:00:00 2023-06-29T10:10:00
CUC Castrocucco, Italy 2003-07-16T00:00:01
DIVS Divcibare, Serbia 2005-07-14T00:00:00
DPC Dobruska/Polom, Czech Republic 1993-01-01T00:00:00
GFA Gafsa, Tunisia 1989-06-10T00:00:00 1999-12-31T23:59:59
IDI Anogia, Greece 1994-10-02T00:00:00
ISP Isparta, Turkey 1996-10-24T00:00:00
KEG Kottamya, Egypt 1990-12-03T00:00:00 1999-12-31T23:59:59
KEK Kerkira Island, Greece 2000-03-02T00:00:00
KLV Kalavryta, Achaia, Greece 2009-04-08T00:00:00
MALT Malatya, Turkey 2000-05-26T00:00:00 2011-12-31T00:00:00
MDT Midelt, Morocco 1989-11-15T00:00:00 1999-12-31T23:59:59
MEB Medea, Algeria 1992-05-20T00:00:00 1994-08-31T23:59:59
PDG Podgorica, Montenegro 2008-07-18T00:00:00
RTC Rabat, Morocco 2002-07-22T12:00:00
SENA Sos Enattos Mine 2021-06-21T11:59:00
THL Klokotos, Thessalia, Greece 2006-11-28T12:00:00
TIP Timpagrande, Italy 2003-09-10T00:00:00
TIR Tirana, Albania 1994-07-13T00:00:00
TRI Trieste, Italy 1996-05-15T00:00:00
TTE Trieste, Italy 1991-01-22T00:00:00 1995-04-06T23:59:59
TUE Stuetta, Italy 2001-11-14T00:00:00
VAE Valguarnera, Italy 2000-01-01T00:00:00
VLC Villacollemandina, Italy 2001-01-01T00:00:00 2099-05-03T14:09:00
VSL Villasalto, Italy 1989-07-19T00:00:00
VTS Vitosha, Bulgary 1996-05-10T00:00:00
WDD Wied Dalam, Malta 1995-07-06T00:00:00